Registered Nurse Hospice in Elmore, VT

### RTO after booking is NOT allowed and is NOT allowed to be worked out onsite. Any call offs or additional RTO on unit could possibly turn into a Cancel and DNR ### REQUIRED SKILLS / CERTS / EXP : Minimum Years of Experience : 2 Years Minimum Experience REQUIRED Traveler Experience : Unit WILL ACCEPT 1st Time Travelers Locals Accepted / Rate Difference : Yes
• Work Setting Skills REQUIRED : Home Health / Hospice and Skilled Nursing
• End Of Life Care Skills REQUIRED : After treatment (survivorship) & Cultural awareness
• Medication administration / Pain management Skills REQUIRED : (WHO) Analgesic Ladder Adjuvant therapy Breakthrough dosing Calculation of Pediatric Dosages Medication tolerance Pain assessment Pharmacologic / non-pharmacological pain interventions Proper disposal of medications Types of pain (somatic visceral neuropathic) and treatment & Utilization of pain scales (verbal nonverbal)
• Professional Knowledge & Skills REQUIRED : Goal setting with patient / family Intake assessment / interview Medicare state regulations Patient / Family education and support & Positioning / preventive shearing and pressure ulcers
• Symptom Assessment / Management Skills REQUIRED : Altered mental status Anorexia and Cachexia Aphasia Constipation / diarrhea Nausea / vomiting & Pressure ulcer staging
• Certs : BLS PREFERRED SKILLS / CERTS / EXP : -End of Life Care Skills : Death pronouncement Death / dying counseling Identify Spiritual needs Perideath care of family & Postmortem Care -Ethical and Legal Issues Skills : Advanced directives Medical futility Medical abandonment Organ donation Palliative sedation & Withholding / withdrawing treatment -Medication administration / Pain management Skills : Equianalgesic dosing of opioids & PCA pump management -Phlebotomy / IV Management Skills : Phlebotomy skills Starting and maintaining IVs & Care and management of peripheral IVs / central lines / ports -Professional Knowledge & Skills : DME authorization of necessity -Symptom Assessment / Management Skills : Ascites JOB DETAILS : Avg. Daily Census : 63; 5 Visits / Day SHIFT :
• 40 Hours Can Be Offered Will Accept 13 Weeks. 8-HOUR DAYS; 0800 - 17 : 00 Call Requirement : YES Float Requirement : NONE Weekend Requirement : On Call Rotation PATIENT DIAGNOSES : patients with 6 months or less to live. Primarily geriatric. UNIT SYSTEMS : EPIC Remote Client SBAR SCHEDULING TYPE : Per Unit Needs UNIT ORIENTATION : 40 Hours in addition to Novant Health Hospital Orientation SCRUBS : Not Provided. RNs wear all navy blue INTERVIEW AVAILABILITY :
• Please provide your candidates interview availability for the next 72 hours while submitting candidates to avoid holding up the approval process. Manager WANTS A ZOOM INTERVIEW WITH ANY & ALL CANDIDATES. THEY WILL NOT OFFER without speaking to / interviewing the candidate first

Key Skills

EMR Systems,Hospital Experience,Acute Care,ICU Experience,Hospice Care,Workers' Compensation Law,Home Care,Nursing,Catheterization,Critical Care Experience,Medication Administration,Tube Feeding

Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1